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Foundations
Convention
Article I and Vocabulary
Article II
Article III
100
This philosopher believed that any unjust government should be overthrown.
Who is John Locke?
100
Those who are in favor of a strong central government are called this.
What are Federalists?
100

Congress is split into these two 'groups'.

What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?

100

This is the age you must reach in order to be eligible to run for president.

What is thirty-five years old?

100
This is the correct number of Supreme Court justices.
What is nine.
200
This political philosopher came up with the idea that governments should be divided into three branches.
Who is Montesquieu?
200
This plan calls for proportional representation in all three branches.
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
In order to run for a seat in the Senate, you must be this old.
What is thirty years old?
200
The longest a president can serve is this many years.
What is ten years?
200
Does a justice on the Supreme Court have to be an attorney? True or False?
What is false?
300
According to Hobbes, the purpose of government is to provide this. Sounds like a long-running TV show.
What is law and order?
300
This plan calls for only one branch of government - a legislative branch - with every state getting one vote.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300

This belief states that monarchs (kings) had the right to rule the people based on divine authority.

What is Divine Right?

300

Political parties will hold these, where they will formally nominate their candidates for president and vice-president.

What is a convention?

300

This Constitutional Principle divides power among the 3 branches of government.

What is Separation of Powers?

400
Locke believed that the purpose of government was to ensure this.
What are the natural rights of all citizens?
400
Roger Sherman proposes this - a plan that merges aspects of both the VA and NJ Plans.
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
400
The leader of the Senate doesn't have to do much. He does do this if there is a tie on a vote.
What is cast the deciding ballot?
400
A president term lasts this long.
What is four years?
400

This court case expanded the power of the Supreme Court.

What is Maybury v. Madison? 
500
Locke believes that all rights are important, but this right is most important of all.
What is the right to own property?
500

The is group advocated for a Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution and favored states having more power in government.

Who are the Anti-Federalist?

500
The Speaker of the House is the leader of this group.
What is the House of Representatives?
500
Congress has to declare war, but the President is the head of the military because of this power / role.
What is commander-in-chief?
500

This branch has the power to decided the punishment for someone committing treason.

Who is the Legislative Branch?